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-- peter is your children. for what? for some or -- government- orchestrated stimulus package. you of candidates that i am really excited about. why would someone from pennsylvania, and campaign in iowa for three candidates running for executive office? . >> when you look at the big change after obama, people look at the governor's race in virginia, they look at the governor's race in new jersey, and everybody said chris christie run in new jersey and bob mcdonnell won a big race.
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you want to talk to the folks who watch political movements in this country, you talk to karl rove or the folks who really watch politics. they will say the biggest election occurred in -- does anybody know? pennsylvania. does anybody know what happened in the pennsylvania in 2009? no, but it was the most important election. you go back and read the comments from some of these guys, they will talk about it because it was the most high- profile election. what happened in pennsylvania in 2009? we had seven or eight judicial races. we elect our judges, which is not a bad idea, by the way, given what went on here in iowa. we elect our judges. but like executive offices, these are not a very expensive
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campaign to spend $200,000, and like david said, name recognition is everything. people don't know the positions that these people hold. they are how people feel about the democratic party and republican party, and they are much more reflective of the generic mood of the country. what happened in pennsylvania in 2009, a state with more registered democrats than republicans? we won every race. why do i say that? people look to iowa, particularly in this election cycle. starting in january and february and a little before that, folks start coming to iowa. c-span starts coming to iowa to see what is going on, what are people thinking?
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politicians to come to this day to kick around here and meet you folks have as a result of your last election, you have an influence on what they are talking about and how they feel about the country and the direction of the country. what you do in your election -- in that case is a high-profile election. everybody knows the governor. just like the new jersey race where everybody did not like jon corzine, people do not like check because he is messing up the state. -- do not like chalchuck. what you have is a message being
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sent, not just to the folks here in iowa, to people all across this country. i think you recognize it, but you need to be reminded how important this state is, particularly right now leading into the 2012 election. why is it a big deal? i think you all know, one of the reasons you are here, not just to help dave, because this is a big election. what is going on in this country right now is bigger than anybody ever thought was possible, the biggest change we have seen in this country, this big lurch to the left, this big expansion of government and government debt that threatens the very future of our country. every event that i go to, is the biggest crowd that whoever it was has ever had at an event. i wish it was me, but it is you. it is actually washington that is driving people out in droves
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because they are concerned about the future of our country. they have every right to be. what is happening in washington is not just another expansion of government. we sort of almost become numb to that. the government continues to index are bleak grow and grow and take more and more of our freedom and our money and pilot more debt and put us more and more behind the eightball. what has happened in the last 18 months was this inexorable growth. the government got a shot of adrenaline. it has exploded the debt to the point where it is not just a little bit more, but a fundamental change in who we are as americans. i think that is what people are upset about. they see a president who does
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not see america like you see america, or like my father and my grandfather who came to this country for what america promised. my father and grandfather came here because of what -- the opportunities that america presented. the opportunity was something unique in the world. we were the first country in history of the world to say that the people did not serve the government's, or in most cases, the sovereign, the king, the emperor. but in fact, the government was there to protect rights of the people, the people were the ones who were the object of the government, not the sovereigns. god had given the people in alienable rights that the government was bound to protect, not that god had blessed the sovereign with the rights to dole out today chose.
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-- to who they chose. [applause] we except that as it just the way it is, but that is not always the way it was. in the modern moral, that is not the way it is in most places around the world. beginning in the modern day world. the leader, the authoritarian bestows the rights. people are not seen as valued because god had given them rights. that is not the way communist, socialist, look at people. they say they care about people. the allies about socialist, they care about people in groups of 1 million or more. they care about you in classes and in groups and ethnic groups or race groups. that is how they look at the world, but they don't look at
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you. what our founders did, for the first time in history of the world, was believe in you as an individual, and that if we liberated you, created a world where free people could rise and reach for the stars and reap the benefits of their labor, that the world would change. and guess what happened? it did. i always remind people that over 200 years ago, the average life expectancy in america and most places around the world was about 35 or 40 years of age. what had been for 2000 years of, nothing much changed. the dark ages and renaissance, but if you look at the average person, the average person -- life did not change much for them. in hundreds and hundreds of years, until this unique idea
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that if we liberated people and believed in you, allowed you to succeed greatly, did not punish you for succeeding raley, did not take the fruits of your labor and give it to the government, to the sovereigns, for them to redistribute to the serfs, but allow you to succeed greatly, but just as importantly, allowed you to fail greatly, that with that, the world would change. and it did. now life expectancy has doubled what was 200 years ago. the poorest person today in terms of health and consumption is much better off than the richest person in america when america was founded. all because we believe in you. why do i say that? i believe we have a president who does not believe that anymore.
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he sees america as evil, greedy, corrupt, unfair, and that we need a group of people in washington to make it fair, to punish you people for your own desires. they want to take that well away and give it to people who are more deserving because they voted for him. that is this different view. that is a man in a party that runs around the world apologizing for america instead of saying how exceptional we are. one of the most important comments that barack obama made as president, he was asked the question, do you believe in american exceptions? do you believe the system i just described to you that changed the face of the world is something we should continue to believe in and market around world? and he said i believed in
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american exceptional lissome just like the british believe in british exceptionally some and the greeks believed in greek ism.ptional is if everybody is exceptional, no one is exceptional. he does not believe in you. he does not believe in us. he does not believe in america. that is what has everyone out in droves, because we want to hold on to the system of government that created the greatest nation in history of the world. [applause] a lot to thank you for being out here. -- i want to thank you for being out here. dave asked me to keep it brief, which i have no violated. -- which i have now violated. i just want to thank you for being here and stepping up.
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one of the things i say all the time, i feel very blessed to be here at a time when america needs us. think about it. lots of folks get up every day for generations and generations, get up and go to work and take care of the kids and head of the business, and adjusted that, america would probably be ok. there are some generations that are called to do more. i happen to believe this is one of those turning points in american history, that your children and grandchildren will look back and say, what did you do when america was at a turning point, a crossroads? what did you do? did you step up and contribute to candidates who would make a difference, not just here in iowa, but to send a message to the nation? had you worked hard for your centers, congressman, across the country?
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you are a citizen of this country, and there are races and places around the world that need your help. this election is that important. so i challenge you. are there contribution limits in iowa? >> no limits. >> so you are blessed here in iowa. you have total freedom. washington restrict your freedom when it comes to helping federal candidates, but you have no such restriction here in the free state of iowa to give the fruits of your labor. as a final comment, our founders established this freedom and understood that the greatest threat to freedom was one word, time. over time we just get used to things and take things for granted, and that freedom wears away, gradually, slowly, inexorably. it takes people to recognize
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when that freedom is slipping away to stand up and say no, not on my watch. so you have an opportunity to reclaim freedom for america and do something great. i hope you take the opportunity to do it. [applause] >> i want to thank mary again. thank you very much. [applause] we have time. do you have any questions? >> tell us a little bit more about the teddy bear. what was the purchase of the teddy bear? >> steve is asking about the tape there. i use that as a symbol, and in a race like mine, you try to get
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people to remember. the reason i use the teddy bear is because the two groups from west bridge capital management took the money that was supposed to be invested and live a pretty high lifestyle. some of the things they bought were horse ranches, luxury-car as, and they were into collectible toys. so they bought collectible teddy bears, and one talebearer -- 1 teddy bear cost $100,000. over $3 million total in collectible toys. that is just one example. i am not trying to be funny with it, other than to create an impression in everyone's mind remembers this is where your money went.
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it is important that people have something to remember. i bet if you googled the largest debt in iowa history, bourse the film credit scandal. -- dwarfs the film credit scandal. >> how did this all come out? >> there has been very little coverage in the media. the comments i have read, mostly in response to my talking to reporters, is for mike fitzgerald, that this is not a lot of money. we are going to recover it. it is a moving target. we have recovered 7%. b.g.e. 70%.
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the media often uses $300 million, because they believe the two crooks when they say they invested in the market and there was a market lost. believing them about what they invested in is as unwise as believing in when they said there were want to invest in the first place. i have seen no documentation that supports that that actually invested in the of the $500 million. all we have actually recovered is $29 million. two years' worth of interest is the real loss to iowa. >> your treasure killed himself just before he went to prison. >> that was about 20 years ago. other questions? >> people have to go to work. >> i am going to the fair.
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that is why i am dressed like this. i usually don't do campaign events in shorts, but i am going to the fair today, so i am looking forward to that. >> the treasurer said we balance our budget. what do you say when our state officials say that we have balanced the budget? how do you respond to that? >> the key question to ask when they talk about balancing -- they will say things like that passed a $5.3 billion balanced budget. the key question is, are you saying that is all you spent? the fact is, they spent $6.2 billion. if you spent $6.2 billion, how is that balanced? they used a lot of one-time money for ongoing expenses, and
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the state auditor's number is $1 billion cliff for the next session. there are going to have to resolve and replace the money, and there will be 8 $1 billion gap. the 2009 or 2010 budget year, the legislator -- legislature spent $1.14 for every dollar of revenue. that is not sustainable. >> when the republicans were in control, we show that we could spend money pretty well on our own [unintelligible] obviously the democrats had to come back and do much more to show that they were big spenders.
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they both have a recent tradition of spending a lot of money, and now we have this huge deficit. it is just a question of where we spend the money. how do we get back on track? >> that is one of the reasons you see so many battles within the republican party primaries this time around. you are right. when we were in control, there were a lot of programs that we passed at lot of appropriations we sent that were out of sync with what we said we believe in and government. in large part, it is because of who we sent to washington d.c. if you look at some of the things that passed with republican support, we had a handful of republicans that went along with democrats. we compromised. i serve in the senate for 12
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years. the high mark was 55 votes. to pass any kind of spending bill or change in the law, but you need 60 votes. that means you need a handful of democrats to go along, and we had a handful of republicans who are not particularly conservative. that led to the inexorable, slow growth of government. it was a problem. the problem is, we need to elect more conservatives in republican primaries who will stand up for limited government. we need to let more of them. i always point out that the three biggest times of growth in america were during -- growth in government in america, where there was a real shift in the relationship between the people and the government. it occurred in the new deal,
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great society, and this last session of congress. what was the commonality in all three of those times? the only time the last 100 years since we elected you ghana state senators, the only three times -- united states senators, what was the commonality? in every case that had a liberal president. democratic control, but one more specific thing. the only time when there was a filibuster-proof majority in the senate. they were able to pass bills that moved hard left.
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during that 100 years, how many times did republicans have a filibuster-proof majority in the senate? never. people say why did you not go down and make changes? they need 60 votes. there is a good chance we will pick up the house of representatives and a good chance of picking up the senate. but barack obama will still be president, at least for two more years. we will not have 60 votes in the senate. what we will do in this election is stop barack obama from doing more harm to america, but we will not change anything come are very little, because he will not let us, and we do not have the majority's to do it if he did. the big election is 2010. yes, we need to have a big win in the house and get that number north of 50 in the senate.
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if you want changes, if you want to write size government, bring it back to the constitutional principles that people believe then, you need to give us 60 votes in the senate. if that does not happen, i don't care who the president is. you'll have a very hard time repealing obamacare and reducing spending because you cannot pass anything without 60 votes in the united states senate. i remind you that this is how the system is structured, and the american public, at three times in our history, gave the democrats the keys to the kingdom and let them do whatever they wanted to do. they changed america. you want republicans, conservatives, people who believe in the principles i just talked about to have the operate -- opportunity to do that, you two republicano repor
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senators from iowa. it is up to you, the people across america who said they believe this. you have to do it on election day. after this november, my big concern is, everyone is going to say we dodged a bullet. no, we have not. c obamaare is -- obamacare is the law. the government will be able to say to you, i can give you health care, but you have to give us more money. they will have a pipeline to your wallet, because that will control your life. they will be able to ration care to those who they believe is best. that is held every european country became a european social
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welfare state. why do you think they were so singularly focused? they know that is the key. was that have that, they have you and america as this beacon of hope and freedom and opportunity for the world, to change the whole dynamic of the world, will be no more. >> obama likes to still blame bush for everything that has happened. , don't have the whole story but when bush tried to make changes a few years ago, that chris dodd and barney frank rather ones that really led the [unintelligible] >> it is complex, but in some
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respects it is very simple. what happened was, george bush and republicans in the house and senate recognize that what was going on with fannie and freddie was a big problem, that their portfolios were getting used and becoming more integral. they were concerned about the stability of the marketplace, given that over reliance on these entities, and we before and 0 -- put forth an overall package. i voted for a package of reforms over the objections of chris dodd and the democrat. richard shelby was the chairman from alabama. we put together a package that addressed this issue, that put limits on what fannie and freddie could do, try to make sure we were not going to overexpose ourselves on the subprime mortgages, and we passed that in the senate. that passed the bill in the
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house. the president was ready to sign it, and the democrats filibustered. now they come back and say it was wall street's fall. wall street has some blame, but they responded to the game at that the government set. the government put the pieces in place and they simply took advantage and exceeded the advantage of what the government stimulated in the first place. we have an opportunity. john mccain try to talk about this in 2008. he was not on the committee and i don't think he understood the bill. he was very much for its, -- for it, but we cannot even get a vote. i pushed for it, but i did not win. i pushed it to actually bring the bill of and make them vote
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to kill its, but there was always a move, we are still trying to work something out. chris dodd tech stringing us along that somehow we would work something out. we never did, and we never had a vote. >> wouldn't there be statements in the congressional record that would document what these two men said, that the rnc could bring out? >> since we never had a debate on the floor of the senate -- there may have been times when we talked about it, and maybe dodd did talk about on the floor, but i am sure most democrats stayed away from it. democrats love fannie and freddie. it is exactly their model of how they would run every aspect of our economy, with an agency that
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oversees hell every sector of the economy works. that is what they believe in. it is fundamental. they don't believe that free people left to their own desserts is a good thing. they think you need someone on top of you telling you not to be so greedy and how to redistribute the wealth. the president basically condemns capitalism and says people should put their efforts to something good, do something that is really helpful to society. able to create opportunities are misapplying your talents. this is the attitude that has motivated americans to come out in droves. my hope is they just don't do it in 2010, that they keep up the intensity after that.
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>> one more, or else we have to wrap up. thank you very much. [applause] >> i just noticed everybody had their checkbook out, because when we pointed out there was no limits. thank you so much, everyone, for coming and for your support. i imagine most of you have to get back to work. thank you for coming. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> congress returns from break next week. here is a look at some of our
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prime-time programming. watched town hall meetings with some current and bernie sanders. they both talked about health care. >> i believe the plan is for this plan to fail. i know this plan will fail. health insurance is going to be way too high. you will create what is called adverse selection. anybody on who is healthy, you will pay the fine in 2014 rather than spend $9,000 on health insurance. if you get sick, they have to cover you. it does not rise to $795 until 2016 as of fine. the help the young people will not be in the insurance pool. what will happen to the people over 40 who are sick? what will happen to the cost of their insurance? that is why i think they designed it to fail.
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>> in my view, if we are serious about having a cost-effective, high-quality health care system which guarantees health care to every man, woman, and chalk, the way to go is a health care -- medicare, single system. we are going to be diluted with lobbyists and big money, because -- in the small state of vermont, if we can show that a medicare for all, single payer system works, then the rest of the country comes. >> we will show you both of these town halls in their entirety monday night after the president's speech, here on c- span.
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>> the discussion on what role the u.s. will play in the sudan's future. this portion is just 15 minutes. >> the former assistant to secretary of state for african affairs from 2005-2009. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. host: an election is coming up scheduled for january. it will give the south of sudan and opportunity to have some independence. guest: the referendum will be held in early january. january 9. we have done arrangements to get the voting materials in place. there have been in many different roadblocks. they have been fighting over the composition -- , composition of the commission.
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people are fighting over the selection of who will be over the commission's. a chairman was selected. now they have selected the secretary of general after an impasse for preparing the referendum. there have been delays. host: npr reported that after years of on and off civil war between sudan, they will vote if it should become an independent nation. no one is sure what independence will look like. after nearly half a century of course, they are expected to vote. -- century of wars, they are expected to vote. guest: they have been enslaved
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by the north and marginalized. i think the people of southern sudan feel the best option for them in terms of the self- determination and living a life of democratic governance should be independent from the north. they have had a couple of civil wars. we are trying to avoid the third one with this referendum. the south would succeed -- secede from the north. there would be a boundary established. there is a 1956 boundary line. that was that the north-south founder ray -- boundary of an independent state. institutions are fairly weak. but most of the oil reserve lights -- reside in the south.
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part of the comprehensive peace agreement is for the north to make it more attractive to the south. they did not sell. it is likely that people will vote for secession. >> independence will not bring the rain. there are drought issues. guest: that is right. the comprehensive peace agreement made sure the and one only beverage the north. never did -- only governor to the north. but nevertheless, the south has not felt they are part of a unity government. they did not feel they were given real say in the government.
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they want to determine their own future with their own government. that is a very effective option for them. host: she, our guest is a distinguished professor at carnegie-mellon university. she has served as u.s. ambassador to south africa. you can join the conversation. we are talking about sudan. here are the numbers at the bottom of your screen. how interested in the north in seeing the celled separated? you mentioned oil being most prevalent in the south? guest: 1 party probably does not want secession. that has been at some of the problems selecting the composition of the commission. this elected members opposed to independence.
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there was a person selected by the congress party that chairs the commission. they are fairly resistant. there will be issues the day after. we know that this is a very difficult transition to make into a new independent state. how would you guarantee the continuance of some share of the oil wealth? they need to negotiate that issue between the north and south. otherwise, the no. 1 not allowed the south to secede. so they are likely to return to war if they try to stop it. host: we have a call from tennessee. good morning and go ahead. caller: i would like to ask how we here in america can support what is going on over there in
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sudanic? i am in the american south. i would like to touch base with my people over there. how can i help more? guest: it is important for american citizens to write to their congress people to argue that the united states has to be engaged in the next critical stage of the history of sudan. and if you are part of a church group, the southern sudan liberation movement have many members in churches across the united states can contribute to provide assistance to different society groups or churches. i think there are many people
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from southern sudan that should be reached out to from the united states. talk to them to find out how you can be a support for them. host: jacksonville, florida. caller: besides the oil, what natural resources does sudan have? i think there was a report of 200 women that were affected? guest: sudan has a tremendous conflict. the north has enslaved the southerners in the past. timber, hydropower, it is full of resources. the largest country in africa
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with rich resources. the raping of the women, i am not sure where that happened. but in western sudan, there is conflict. there is continued crisis in southern sudan between different tribes. there is a nasty rebel group called the north resistance from you gotta that operate throughout the region. they are operating in the condo and they go around attacking women and children and abusing them. there is quite a lot of conflict and turmoil in the region. host: how effective are outside groups monitoring that in trying to alleviate that situation
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whether it is the united states or the un? guest: the u.s. has been a big supporter of the un and played a role. there is a peacekeeping mission -- mission in our fruit -- are in dargur. -- darfur. this region is a cure -- huge, more than 900,000 square miles. it is hard to monitor all areas of sudan. host: you mentioned the size and the population, 42.2 million. some other facts we have is the major language is in arabic, english and the major religions islam, christianity, and
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another. here is the life expectancy, 56 years for men. 60 years for women. here are some of their main exports such as oil and cotton. let's take another call. boise, idaho, republican. caller: good morning. i want to thank you for your service dr. frazier. i think he served during the bush administration. thank you for serving under an administration that seemed to know what the heck they are wrongdoing. i want to follow up on the un question. you hear all these atrocities going on, and the u. n had forces there. why are they not more effective?
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why are they not going to countries such as egypt helping these nations? i am sorry. i am getting off track. i do not understand it the ineffectiveness of what the u.n. does when they are there. you hear stories about you and forces contributing to some of these problems. thanks. the bush administration played a huge role in negotiating an agreement. part of the challenge is the government of sudan itself. the national congress party put many different roadblocks in the way of the effectiveness. when i was in the administration, the you and
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would not allow helicopters operate after a certain hour. anything that took place during the evening, no one was able to go and respond because of the rules of the national congress party. you can ask the question, why would the u.n. allowed a government to dictate to it how it is going to operate but given that it is operating under a chapter 7 which is a reinforcements resolution. i think the un has gotten itself into a physical situation where it allows the government to dictate certain things, where it should not do that.
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there has been real issues with effectiveness. a lot of it relates to the party and extends from the government. host: obama administration intensified efforts in sudan. can you comment on how there has been a policy shift since president obama took office? how are things different now than what they were then?
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guest: one problem is the caption expectation. he took a strong line in criticized the bush administration saying, you are not doing enough on sudan. he promised a no-fly zone and take more robust action against the government of sudan. they have done the opposite. many activists are concerned that they have used all carrots and no sticks. people who worked in sudan for many years no the government cannot be trusted in sudan. there are gaps in the expectations of what this administration should do. it took a long time to come up with a sudan policy review. it took more than nine months to
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come out with a policy that would use sticks and carrots. they lost their momentum during a time when they were doing the review. that has been a challenge as well. with all carrots and no sticks, it leads to infighting within those. we need to get through these elections and the referendum scheduled for january. there is a huge difference between president bush and president obama in terms of personal engagement on the issue. president of patient -- bush from de two said he wanted it to be a priority of his administration. we are not on the same level of attention or focus for president obama, despite what he said as a
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candidate. the desire of many to see the president's resolve issues in the administration as well as to actively engage with other leaders who are critical in ensuring that this country does >> to mark, a look ahead at the upcoming elections. also discussion on the stimulus package and the obama administration's economic policy. after that, paul taylor on reports that illegal immigration to the u.s. is down. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> in his weekly address, president obama talks about economic initiatives to strengthen america's middle class and his proposals to pass new tax breaks to create new
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jobs. after that, congressman jack davis with the republican address. he talks about his legislation that would require congress to take an up or down vote on any new mandate or regulation before it can be enforced. >> on monday, we celebrate labor day. this chance to get together with families and friends, to throw some food on the grill, and have a good time. it is also a day to honor the american worker, to reaffirm our commitment to the great american middle class that has for generations made our economy the in the of the world. it is especially important now. i don't have to tell you that this is a very tough time for our country. millions of our neighbors have been swept up in the worst recession in our lifetimes. long before this recession hit, the middle-class had been taking some hard shots. long before this recession, the values of hard work and responsibility that built this country had been given short
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shrift. for decades, middle-class families felt the sting of stagnant incomes and declining economic security. companies rewarded with tax breaks for creating jobs overseas. wall street firms turned huge profits by cutting corners and taking reckless risk. all of this came at the expense of working americans who were fighting harder and harder just to stay afloat, often borrowing against inflated home values to pay their bills. all to believe, that house of cards collapsed. -- ultimately that house of cards collapsed. to heal our economy, we need more than a help the stock market. we need bustling main streets and a growing, thriving middle class. that is why i will keep working, day-by-day, to restore opportunity, economic security, and that basic american dream for families and future generations. first, that means doing everything we can to accelerate
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job creation. the steps we have taken to date to stop the bleeding, investments in roads and bridges and high-speed railroads that will lead to hundreds of thousands of jobs and private- sector, emergency steps to prevent the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of teachers and firefighters and police officers, and tax cuts and loans for small business owners who create most of the jobs in this country. we also ended a tax loophole that encouraged companies to create jobs overseas. i am fighting to pass a law to provide tax breaks to the folks to create jobs right here in america. a strengthening our economy means more than that. we are fighting to build an economy in which middle-class families can afford to send their kids to college, buy a home, save for retirement, and achieve some measure of economic security when their working days are gone. over the last two years, that has meant taking on some powerful interest to had been dominating the agenda in washington for far too long. that is why we have put an end
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to the wasteful subsidies to big banks that provide student loans. we will use that money to make college more affordable for students. we are making it easier for workers to save for retirement with the waves in the new ways of saving their tax refunds and simple ways of enrolling in retirement plans like 401k. we will keep up the fight to protect social security for generations to come. we stop insurance companies from refusing to cover people with pre-existing conditions and dropping those who become seriously ill. we have cut taxes for 95% of working families and passed a law to make sure that women are equal pay for equal work in the united states of america. this labor day, we are reminded that we did not become the most prosperous company in the world by rewarding read and recklessness. we did it by rewarding hard work and responsibility. we did our recognizing that we rise or fall together as one nation, one people, all of us
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vested in one another. that is how we have succeeded in the past and how we will not only rebuild its economy but rebuild it stronger than ever before. thank you, and i hope you have a great labor day weekend. >> hi, i am jeff davis, and i worked in kentucky's fourth congressional district. mr. de americans began their news -- began their day with the news that are economy has lost jobs, the prodigious by the fact that the obama and then reject administration promised us the stimulus would keep unemployment below 8%. the question remains, where are the jobs? the obama administration told us this would be a recovery summer, but growth has slowed to the anemic levels. our national debt is growing by more than $4 billion per day. as it turns out, recovery summer
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was nothing more than a meaningless slogans. americans don't want slogans, they want solutions. that isn't that what republicans are offering. stimulus spending, government takeovers and federal mandates have all failed our nation. this uncertainty is one of the main reasons our economy is not creating enough jobs. republicans believe we need to get away from these policies and instead take action on common- sense steps to help small businesses get back to creating jobs. we call on president obama to abandon his plan to oppose job killing tax hikes on families and small businesses. we have urged democratic leaders in congress to allow a vote on $1.30 trillion in the immediate spending cuts and we are listening to the people, getting their input on ways to help our economy start creating jobs again. today i would like to talk with
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you about one of those ideas. as we speak, the obama administration has lined up 191 rules and regulations that could each have an estimated annual cost to our economy of $100 million or more. that is 191 layers of red tape. last year the federal government issued 3316 new rules and regulations. that amounts to more than a dozen per day. all of these rules go on the books without being approved by congress. many of these mandates affect small business owners who do not have the resources to hire lawyers and accountants to comply with all these burdensome regulations. the more time they spend pushing paper, the less time they have to focus on creating jobs. the new health care bill is perfect example of how unelected bureaucrats can wreak havoc. this is a law that triggered the creation of roughly 160 boards,
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bureaus, bureaucracies, and commissions. it took less than four months for the fed to rack up 3800 pages of regulations pertaining to obamacare. when congress forces through legislation by purposely leading blanks for executive agencies to fill in, unelected bureaucrats in up writing laws with no accountability whatsoever. this has to stop. last year a local resident came to me about an increase in sewer rates to pay for storm water upgrades mandated by the federal government. washington was not offering to help pay for the upgrades, only issuing orders to get them done. my constituents wanted to know if congress had any say in these federal mandates before they were handed down. the answer was no. i introduced a common-sense initiative to require congress to require -- to take it up or down vote on any new major rule before it can be imposed on the american people. this legislation would serve as
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a much-needed restraining order against unelected busybodies and bureaucrats whose actions make it harder to create jobs. the sooner we rein in the red tape factory in washington d.c., the sooner small businesses can get back to creating jobs and helping more americans find an honest day's work. i have also posted the act as an idea on americans speaking out, a national initiative republicans launched this spring to engage the american people in the creation of a positive governing agenda. americans can share their own solutions or comment and vote on someone else's. what began as a conversation between a constituent and his congressional representative is now part of a national dialogue about the new governing agenda that republicans will unveil later this month. these are just the first debt toward putting our back to where it belongs, in the hands of the american people. have your

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